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title Configure SQL Server Error Logs | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date 06/13/2017
ms.prod sql-server-2014
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ms.technology configuration
ms.topic conceptual
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Configure SQL Server Error Logs

This topic describes how to view or modify the way [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] error logs are recycled.

To open the Configure SQL Server Error Logs dialog box

  1. In Object Explorer, expand the instance of SQL Server, expand Management, right-click SQL Server Logs, and then click Configure.

  2. In the Configure SQL Server Error Logs dialog box, choose from the following options.

    Limit the number of the error log files before they are recycled
    Check to limit the number of error logs created before they are recycled. A new error log is created each time an instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] is started. [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] retains backups of the previous six logs, unless you check this option, and specify a different maximum number of error log files below.

    Maximum number of error log files
    Specify the maximum number of error log files created before they are recycled. The default is 6, which is the number of previous backup logs [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] retains before recycling them.